CITW+Summary

Nonlinguistic Representation 1. __Multimedia__

Links: Jefferson County Schools- Power Point Collection collection of Power Point presentations in all subjects
 * Shift from teacher-directed to teacher-facilitated
 * Students create movies themselves
 * Students need to understand copy right and fair use laws
 * Includes video, audio, graphics, animations and text

Power Point in the Classroom -web site with cartoon characters to guide students through the basics of Power Point

Hyperstudio Tutorials Hyperstudio is an alternative to Power Point

2. __Animations__ Links: Web Monkey |Web Monkey in depth tutorials on gif, dHTML and flash
 * Students create animations similar to flip books
 * Using Power Point or Microsoft Word
 * Create a frame and use the copy- paste feature to move the images slightly
 * Create a claymation movie
 * Use Windows Movie Maker or iMovie to show the animation

Animation Factory Royalty-free animated clip art

Wolfram Mathworld gifs for math (this is my own link)

__3. Movies and Video__
 * Two ways to use movies and video
 * __For__ instruction is using a video to introduce a topic and build background knowledge
 * __As__ instruction is students making the movies themselves

Links:
 * Steps to create your own movie include
 * Writing the script
 * Storyboarding includes images, settings and props
 * Shooting the video
 * Import the video (iMovie or Windows Movie Maker)
 * Video editing
 * Adding music
 * Saving and sharing the movie

National Library of Virtual Manipulatives A matrix organized by content areas

[|www.iknowthat.com] interactive multimedia applications. This just went to subscription only. It costs $59 a year.

[|www.explorelearning.com] great source for simulations. Need to buy a subscription.

=Format Factory is what I use to convert files from avi to wmv or mp3 to mp4 etc. (this is my own link)=

=Soungle is a site that has free sounds in wav and mp3 formats (this is my own link)=

=CogDogRoo This site has 50 ways to tell stories. I really like Kerpoof for making movies. (this is my own link)=

__Additional sites that support nonlinguistic representation__

[|www.knowitall.org] collection of fun, interactive Web sites

Surviving Everest – LINK IS BROKEN! [|http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/] Students explore what is takes to climb Mt. Everest. Each stage in the climb has a video showing students eyewitness views of the climb.

Interactive Mathematics Activities [|www.cut-the-knot.org/Curriculum/index.shtml] appropriate for high school and college students

Clay Animation in PowerPoint –LINK IS BROKEN! [|www.pendergast.k12.az.us/edservices/as/wow/claytutorial.pdf] Step-by-step tutorial for creating stop-motion clay animations

Digi Tales: Digital Stories [|www.digitales.us] Begin the process of digital storytelling

I created a Wordle to show Nonlinguistic Representation at Wordle.net